Federal contractor · TUPELO, MS

EMA FOODS CO LLC

EMA FOODS CO LLC received $1.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 42 awards (+34% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $10.2M. Its largest customer was Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons ($1.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.1M
New awards
42
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.2MFY2017
  2. 1.3MFY2018
  3. 1MFY2019
  4. 916.3KFY2020
  5. 771.4KFY2021
  6. 1.1MFY2022
  7. 1.3MFY2023
  8. 740.5KFY2024
  9. 808.7KFY2025
  10. 1.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$1.1M100%
    42 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$1.1M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Lee County, MS$891.3K82%
  2. Tarrant County, TX$24.8K2.3%
  3. Raleigh County, WV$22.9K2.1%
  4. Boyd County, KY$22.8K2.1%
  5. Wayne County, PA$22.4K2.1%
  6. King County, WA$19.4K1.8%
  7. Martin County, KY$18.6K1.7%
  8. Cook County, IL$16.8K1.6%
  9. McKean County, PA$16.3K1.5%
  10. St. Francis County, AR$15.6K1.4%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. NATIONAL MENU 1ST QTR FY26$108.8K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Lee County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 25, 2025 – Nov 25, 2025· 15B30226P00000025
  2. JANUARY FY26 - CHICKEN THIGHS & LEG QUARTERS$95.3K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Lee County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 30, 2025 – Jun 15, 2026· 15B50226P00000066
  3. FCC YAZOO CITY FY 2026 3RD QUARTER SUBSISTENCE APRIL 1, 2026 - JUNE 30, 2026$54.8K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Lee County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 13, 2026 – Apr 13, 2026· 15B31526P00000086
  4. "EO 14398" FCC TUCSON QTR 1/ EMA/ CHICKEN/ BUY1210837$50.7K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Lee County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 25, 2026 – Aug 25, 2026· 15B61526P00000058
  5. FCI FAIRTON 1ST QUARTER FY26 SUBSISTENCE. SUBSISTENCE/FROZEN/KOSHER/MEAT. DELIVERIES MUST BE MADE BETWEEN 10/01/25 THROUGH 10/31/25. SMALL BUSINESS.$47.9K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Lee County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 16, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· 15B20425P00000119
  6. FY26 Q2 - CHICKEN - EMA FOODS$43.4K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Lee County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 17, 2026 – Feb 17, 2026· 15B50226P00000092
  7. FCC TUCSON A1/FY26/QTR 3/EMA FOODS/CHICKEN$43.2K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Lee County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 12, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· 15B61526P00000019
  8. FY26 Q4 CHICKEN CHICKEN, BONELESS, SKINLESS, RAW, THIGH: $1.05/LB$42.8K
    Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons· Lee County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 9, 2026 – Aug 24, 2026· 15B50226P00000223

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. EMS SUPPLIERS INC$1.9M+7.4% in FY2026
    SPRING VALLEY, NY · 70% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Other food manufacturingFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers
  2. C.J. FOODS, INC.$3.3M+3.1% in FY2026
    ESTERO, FL · 91% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Other food manufacturingFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Animal slaughtering and processingFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers
  3. CLIPPER COMMODITIES INC.$2.1M−82% in FY2026
    PASADENA, CA · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Other food manufacturingFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Animal slaughtering and processingFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Dairy product manufacturing+1 more

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.